eVotion

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read John 11:45-57  (NRSV) Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.  But some of them went to the Pharisees and […]

Focus Are you tired? Take this time to rest. Relax every part of yourself. Breathe slower. Be ready for what God has before you today. Read Daniel 3:19-30 (NRSV) Then Nebuchadnezzar was so filled with rage against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face was distorted. He ordered the furnace heated up seven times more […]

Focus Let your soul take a moment of rest as you hear God’s word. Put your busy schedule, wandering mind, stressful thoughts, and burdened heart at the feet of the cross and open up to God’s voice as the Giver of Life tends your soul. Read Psalm 105:1-5 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) O give […]

Focus Breathe in clear thoughts of peace and reflection as you prepare to hear God speak to you through the scripture and the writer. Put aside all the things the world says you have to accomplish today and use this time to rest in God’s presence. Read Numbers 14:10-24 (NRSV) But the whole congregation threatened […]

Focus Relax and listen. Consciously prepare to hear God’s Word. Clear your mind of the worries and tasks that lie before you. Open your heart and allow it to refresh. Read Exodus 33:1-6 (NRSV) The LORD said to Moses, “Go, leave this place, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the […]

Focus Relax and listen. Consciously prepare to hear God’s Word. Clear your mind of the worries and tasks that lie before you. Open your heart and allow it to refresh. Read Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 (NRSV) After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Matthew 23:37-39 (NRSV) “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Genesis 14:17-24 (NRSV) After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley). And King Melchizedek of Salem […]

Focus Turn off your cell phone, TV, or radio. Listen to the silence that is around you. Listen for God to speak to you. Read Genesis 13:1-7 (NRSV) So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb. Now Abram was very rich […]

Focus Prepare yourself to discern what is and what is not of God today. Still, yourself so you can hear how God is calling you. Read Romans 10:8-13 (NRSV) But what does it say? “The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart.” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); […]